Surprising York High School at super Glenbard West
By Bobby Narang Four weeks into the high school football season, the West Suburban Conference Silver Division race is heating up. The biggest surprise this season is the strong play of upstart York High School. After finishing with a 4-5 record last season, the Dukes, 3-1 and 2-0, are on
NASCAR’s Martin Truex, Jr. in Monster lead
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy series, Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Speedway, Richmond, Va., Saturday Sept. 21. Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick, each in a Ford, started on the pole and looked to be the fastest. But, early on the entire Joe Gibbs racing team took over and
University of Illinois football team stumbles continue
By Woodrow Carroll For a long time Saturday it looked as though University of Illinois head coach Lovie Smith was going to pick up his fifth Big Ten Conference victory in his fourth season. Instead, Nebraska’s comeback saddled Smith with Conference defeat No. 24. Nebraska won, 42-38, in a game
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 27-28; results September 20-21
Friday, Sept. 27 DuKane Batavia at Wheaton Warrenville S., 7:30 St. Charles East at Geneva, 7:30 St. Charles North at Lake Park, 7:30 Wheaton North at Glenbard North, 7:30 DuPage Valley DeKalb at Metea Valley, 7 Naperville North vs. Naperville Central at North Central College, 7 Neuqua Valley at Waubonsie
High School football: Benet, Nazareth, pull power plays
By Bobby Narang Benet Academy High School quarterback, Colin Gillespie, made a point to ensure his younger teammates would have fast adjustments to playing on the varsity football team. The Redwings, a long-time member of the East Suburban Catholic Conference, were preparing to face a tough schedule due to the
Taste of Major League baseball in Wrigley: Ryan Court
By Craig Lynch When last we saw Ryan Court he played with the Iowa Cubs in 2018. Court, a native of Elgin, played baseball at Dundee-Crown High School. He toiled in minor league baseball for seven years for three organizations. He started this season in Arizona with the Chicago Cubs,
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 20-21; results September 13-14
Friday, Sept. 20 CCL/ESL Green St. Rita at Montini, 7:30 CCL/ESL Orange Benet Academy a De La Salle, 7 Nazareth Acad. at St. Laurence, 7:30 CCL/ESL White St. Ignatius at Marmion Academy, 7:30 Fenwick at Joliet Cath. Acad., 7:30 DuKane Geneva at St. Charles North, 7:30 Glenbard North at Batavia,
Four DuPage County football teams make fast starts
By Bobby Narang After two week we know: • Glenbard South High School is riding a young football team brimming with potential to a potential playoff berth. • Glenbard West is loaded with talented running backs, a stout defense, and a strong special-teams unit. • Glenbard East is showing the
NASCAR: Kevin Harvick, Eric Jones, victors
By John Schutt NASCAR Monster Energy series, Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered By Florida Georgia Line, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind. Sunday, Sept. 8. Kevin Harvick raced side by side with Joe Logano in the final laps and pulled away to win this year’s race by three
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 13-14; results September 6-7
Friday, Sept. 13 DuKane Batavia at Lake Park, 7:30 St. Charles East at Glenbard North, 7:30 St. Charles North at Wheaton North, 7:30 Wheaton Warrenville S. at Geneva, 7:30 Fox Valley* Burlington Central at McHenry, 7 Cary-Grove at Hampshire, 7 Jacobs at Dundee-Crown, 7 Prairie Ridge at Huntley, 7 Illinois
Hammock’s NIU Huskies face rugged schedule
By Woodrow Carroll It was not a classic victory! But for Northern Illinois University first-year head coach Thomas Hammock it was a welcome debut. Hammock, who played at Northern Illinois for two seasons, 2000-2001, before a heart ailment ended his playing days early his junior year, was 1-0 after his
Selected high school football games: Schedule September 6-7; results August 30-31
Friday, Sept. 6 Fox Valley* Dundee-Crown at McHenry, 7 Crystal Lake C. at Cary-Grove, 7 Crystal Lake S. at Burlington Central, 7 Huntley at Jacobs, 7 Upstate Eight Bartlett at Glenbard East, 7:30 Larkin at Streamwood, 7:30 Glenbard South at Elgin, 7:30 South Elgin at East Aurora, 7:30 West Chicago